Pin-ticket.



Unirse STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK KOHNLE AND J OI-IN P. KUHNS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN P. KUHNS AND JOSEPH N. BOESOH, OF SAME PLACE.

PIN-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,7221, dated August 28, 1900.

Application filed October 24, 1398. Serial No. 694|405. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, FREDERICK KOHNLE and JOHN P. KUHNS, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin- -Ticketsg and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others Io skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in pin-tickets or tickets for attachment to fabrics.

The object of the invention is to provide a stable article in the way of apin-ticket; a pinzo ticket so constructed that the pin and ticket will not become detached or separated during usage; a ticket so constructed that a suitable dat surface throughout is provided for receiving the printing or type impressions after 2 5 the pin and ticket have been united.

It is usual to print tickets of the pin-tieket variety before the completion of the ticket or before the pin is united thereto; but in the present instance the operation is reversed.

3o Consequently it becomes necessary to so unite the pin and ticket that a suitable surface will be provided for printing.

. Preceding a detailed description of our im; proved pin-ticket, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which-n Figure lis a plan view of a pin-ticket made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the ticket with 4o pin therein before it is completed by folding the sides together.

The above views are enlarged somewhat in order to more clearly show the structural features embraced in the invention.

In a detailed description, ot designates an oblong rectangular blank of paper of suitable thickness tol form when folded a ticket that will not bend or break .under the ordinaryy form two equal parts c and d, which are folded together and made secure by a suitable paste,

-thus forming a ticket of uniform thickness throughout its length. Before uniting the sides c and d, as above indicated, the pin or staple e is passed through one side CZ, adjacent to the bend or score-line b, until the head of transverse portion e of said staple comes in contact with the said side. The top or the side c of the blank which forms the top or face of the ticket is then folded overand made to conceal and inclose the head of the staple. This manner of securing the staple or pin is most substantial and renders a separation of the pin and ticket impossible without totally destroying the ticket, which the ordinary usage will not do.

In pin-tickets the great difficulty experi enced is in the pin tearing out of the ticket or the parts of the tickets becoming loosened and separated, and thereby allowing the pin to become detached. The former trouble becomes liable in the case of any ticket where only a small portion of the blank is folded over at one end to inclose the head of the pin, which construction leaves a ticket of two different 'thicknesses that is undesirable in itself and the latter troubleuto wit, the liability of the parts of the ticket becoming loose and thereby allowing the pin to become loose. This trouble is common with tickets of uniform thickness throughout, but which are made of two separate pieces of paper pasted together, one piece being of less thickness than the other. are obviated in the present ticket, which is formed of one continuous blank, which when folded over has an integral connection at one end-the end in which the pin or staple is placed. Owing to this end being so connected in addition to their being pasted together, pressure on the points of the staple due to saidpoints being driven through the fabric and clenched, and also the wear of the ticket due to usage, cannot separate these ends even in the event the glue or adhesive substance should fail to properly unite the parts adjacent to said end.

Having described ourinvention, we claim-- l. In a pin-ticket, the combination of an oblong rectangular blank, a staple passed Both of these defects i IOO through said blank at a point `adjacent to the center thereof, the said blank being bent or folded in the center'to inclose the head of said staple, and the parts united as described to form a ticket of uniform thickness through-l out, the end of said ticket in which the staple is placed being formed by the bend 'in the blank and the head of the staple being concealed at the folded end, as herein shown and described.

2. A pin ticket, comprising an oblong blank, a staple passed through said blank near the center thereof, the said blank being folded in the center to make two equal parts' which are folded against each other and united as described to form a ticket of uniform thickness throughout, one end of which is formed by the bend in the blank, and the "said end being that in which the stapleV is placed, as herein shown and described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own Wehereto aiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK KOHNLE. JOHN P. KUI-INS. Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, J OHN W. KALBFUS. 

